"reducing the amount of drag and improves their health. Historically, the turtles' skin was tanned and used to make handbags, especially in Hawaii. Ancient Chinese considered the flesh of sea turtles a culinary delicacy, including and especially ""C. mydas"". Particularly for this species, the turtle's fat, cartilage, and flesh, known as calipee, are sought as ingredients for making turtle soup, a popular 19th century American dish. In Java, Indonesia, sea turtle eggs were a popular delicacy. However, the turtle's flesh is regarded as ""ḥarām"" or ""unclean"" under Islamic law (Islam is Java's primary religion). In Bali, turtle meat was a"
"Tragacanth Tragacanth is a natural gum obtained from the dried sap of several species of Middle Eastern legumes of the genus ""Astragalus"", including ""A. adscendens"", ""A. gummifer"", ""A. brachycalyx"", and ""A. tragacantha"". Some of these species are known collectively under the common names ""goat's thorn"" and ""locoweed"". The gum is sometimes called Shiraz gum, shiraz, gum elect or gum dragon. The name derives from the Greek words ""tragos"" (meaning ""goat"") and ""akantha"" (""thorn""). Iran is the biggest producer of this gum. Gum tragacanth is a viscous, odorless, tasteless, water-soluble mixture of polysaccharides obtained from sap that is drained from the"
"Axungia Axungia is a kind of soft animal fat, usually from around the kidneys of geese or pigs, used in pre-modern western medicine. It differs from lard, which is firm, and suet or adeps, which is dry. The Ancient Romans distinguished fat into ""pinguedo"" or ""axungia"", and ""adeps"" or servum; but writers often interchange the terms. In pre-modern medicine, physicians made use of the axungia of the goose, the dog, the viper, and some others, especially that of humans, considered of ""extraordinary service in the drawing and ripening of tumors, etc."" (see attrahent) From French ""axunge"", adapted from Latin ""axungia"""
"of plants and fungi that have the power to either heal, poison or provide expanded consciousness (and even the elixir of life and immortality) through divine intoxication. Because of its herbal knowledge and entheogenic association the snake was often considered one of the wisest animals, being (close to the) divine. Its divine aspect combined with its habitat in the earth between the roots of plants made it an animal with chthonic properties connected to the afterlife and immortality. Asclepius, the god of medicine and healing, carried a staff with one serpent wrapped around it, which has become the symbol of"
"Human fat Human fat (German ""Menschenfett"", Latin ""Axungia hominis"") was mentioned in European pharmacopoeias since the 16th century as an important fatty component of quality deemed ointments and other pharmaceuticals in Europe. In old recipes human adipose tissue was mentioned as ""Pinguedo hominis"", or ""Axungia hominis"" (abbrev. ""Axung. hominis""), besides other animal fats from bears (""Axung. ursi""), vipers (""Axung. viperarum""), beavers (""Axung. castoris""), cats (""Axung. Cati sylvestris"") and many others. The German medicinal Johann Agricola (1496–1570) described the recovery of human fat and its applications. In traditional medicine in Europe, human fat was believed to have a healing magic significance"
"that sleeps by day And wakes at night, though rooted in the ground, To feed on grass within its reach around.</poem> Vegetable Lamb of Tartary The Vegetable Lamb of Tartary (Latin: ""Agnus scythicus"" or ""Planta Tartarica Barometz"") is a legendary zoophyte of Central Asia, once believed to grow sheep as its fruit. It was believed the sheep were connected to the plant by an umbilical cord and grazed the land around the plant. When all accessible foliage was gone, both the plant and sheep died. Underlying the legend is the cotton plant, which was unknown in Northern Europe before the"
"a red meat because its red colour and pH value approximate that of beef, but for inspection purposes it is considered to be poultry. Emu fat is rendered to produce oil for cosmetics, dietary supplements, and therapeutic products. The oil is obtained from the subcutaneous and retroperitoneal fat; the macerated adipose tissue is heated and the liquefied fat is filtered to get a clear oil. This consists mainly of fatty acids of which oleic acid (42%), linoleic and palmitic acids (21% each) are the most prominent components. It also contains various anti-oxidants, notably carotenoids and flavones. There is some evidence"
"favourite food of wolves and other animals. In 1600 Sir Hans Sloane claimed a Chinese tree fern, ""Cibotium barometz"", was the origin of the myth. Sloane found the specimen in a Chinese cabinet of curiosities he acquired. The ""lamb"" is produced by removing the leaves from a short length of the fern's woolly rhizome. When the rhizome is inverted, it fancifully resembles a woolly lamb with the legs being formed by the severed petiole bases. The German scholar and physician Engelbert Kaempfer accompanied an embassy to Persia in 1683 with the intention of locating the lamb. After speaking with native"
"meat and 40 wineskin filled with water. When Zumrud puts water on its left wing and meat on its right wing Malik Mammad is able to enter the Light world. Konrul In Turkic mythology, Konrul or Kongrul / Konqrul (""Koñrul"", Azerbaijani: ""Qonrul"") is a long-lived bird that is cyclically regenerated or reborn. In Turkish folklore, Konrul refers to a supernatural bird, often glossed as, or identified with, the Greek Phoenix or Persian ""Simurg"" (in Turkish languages Semrük). Konrul is depicted as a winged creature in the shape of a bird, gigantic enough to carry off an elephant. It appears as"
"Maya mythology, the Plumed Serpent gave cacao to the Maya after humans were created from maize by divine grandmother goddess Xmucane. The Maya celebrated an annual festival in April to honor their cacao god, Ek Chuah, an event that included the sacrifice of a dog with cacao-colored markings, additional animal sacrifices, offerings of cacao, feathers and incense, and an exchange of gifts. In a similar creation story, the Mexica (Aztec) god Quetzalcoatl discovered cacao (""cacahuatl"": ""bitter water""), in a mountain filled with other plant foods. Cacao was offered regularly to a pantheon of Mexica deities and the Madrid Codex depicts"
"Foie gras Foie gras (, ; ) is considered a luxury food product made of the liver of a duck or goose that has been especially fattened. By French law, foie gras is defined as the liver of a duck or goose fattened by force-feeding corn with a feeding tube, a process also known as gavage. In Spain and other countries, it is occasionally produced using natural feeding. Ducks are force-fed twice a day for 12.5 days and geese three times a day for around 17 days. Ducks are typically slaughtered at 100 days and geese at 112 days. Foie"
"be from species such as ""Aspergillus niger"" and other ""Aspergillus"" spp., ""Candida"" spp., ""Gibberella intricans"", and ""Penicillium"" spp. The fruit is fed on by Bornean orangutans (""Pongo pygmaeus""), Prevost's squirrels (""Callosciurus prevostii""), Crab-eating macaques (""Macaca fascicularis""), Black hornbills (""Anthracoceros malayanus""), possibly viverrids and sun bears (""Helarctos malayanus""). Black hornbills are also effective seed dispersers for the tree, and this is referenced in a few of the regional names for the tree . The fatty acids in the fruit are 30% saturated and 70% unsaturated. The saturated fats include myristic acid (14.49%), arachidic acid (7.08%), pentadecanoic acid (3.61%), heptadecanoic acid (2.2%),"
"nourishment of green sea turtles. The island is home to bioluminescent mushrooms, including ""Mycena lux-coeli""—meaning ""heavenly light mushrooms""—and ""Mycena chlorophos"". ""M. lux-coeli"" are widely found and for decades were believed only to exist on the island. The local name for the mushrooms is ""hato-no-hi"", literally ""pigeon fire"". The Izu thrush makes its home on the island, as does the Japanese white-eye. Hamatobiuo (a type of flying fish) is found in the waters surrounding the island. Many different plants are native to the island, including the pygmy date palm, aloe, freesia, hydrangea, hibiscus, Oshima and Japanese cherry, and bird of paradise."
"Vegetable Lamb of Tartary The Vegetable Lamb of Tartary (Latin: ""Agnus scythicus"" or ""Planta Tartarica Barometz"") is a legendary zoophyte of Central Asia, once believed to grow sheep as its fruit. It was believed the sheep were connected to the plant by an umbilical cord and grazed the land around the plant. When all accessible foliage was gone, both the plant and sheep died. Underlying the legend is the cotton plant, which was unknown in Northern Europe before the Norman conquest of Sicily. Thomas Browne's ""Pseudodoxia Epidemica"" named it as the ""Boramez"". In Ephraim Chambers' ""Cyclopædia"", Agnus scythicus was described"
"Tomalley Tomalley (from the Carib word ', meaning a sauce of lobster liver), crab fat, or lobster paste is the soft, green substance found in the body cavity of lobsters, that fulfills the functions of both the liver and the pancreas. Tomalley corresponds to the hepatopancreas in other arthropods. It is considered a delicacy, and may be eaten alone but is often added to sauces for flavour and as a thickening agent. The term lobster paste or lobster pâté can also be used to indicate a mixture of tomalley and lobster roe. Lobster bisque, lobster stock, and lobster consommé are"
"of the fats from the fruit of the durian species ""Durio graveolens"". Likewise Karuka contains 52.39% oleic acid. It is abundantly present in many animal fats, constituting 37 to 56% of chicken and turkey fat and 44 to 47% of lard. Oleic acid is the most abundant fatty acid in human adipose tissue, and second in abundance in human tissues overall only to palmitic acid. Oleic acid is emitted by the decaying corpses of a number of insects, including bees and ""Pogonomyrmex"" ants, and triggers the instincts of living workers to remove the dead bodies from the hive. If a"
"to gum arabic or something similar. In Saudi Arabia, a mixture of hydrated Tragacanth and ground dried ""Ziziphus spina-christi"" is used as a natural hair shampoo that is believed to promote hair growth. Tragacanth Tragacanth is a natural gum obtained from the dried sap of several species of Middle Eastern legumes of the genus ""Astragalus"", including ""A. adscendens"", ""A. gummifer"", ""A. brachycalyx"", and ""A. tragacantha"". Some of these species are known collectively under the common names ""goat's thorn"" and ""locoweed"". The gum is sometimes called Shiraz gum, shiraz, gum elect or gum dragon. The name derives from the Greek words"
"from ""Crozophora tinctoria"" or ""Heliotropium europaeum"". Gold and silver leaf were placed on food surfaces and brushed with egg whites. Elaborate and showy dishes were the result, such as ""tourte parmerienne"" which was a pastry dish made to look like a castle with chicken-drumstick turrets coated with gold leaf. One of the grandest showpieces of the time was roast swan or peacock sewn back into its skin with feathers intact, the feet and beak being gilded. Since both birds are stringy, and taste unpleasant, the skin and feathers could be kept and filled with the cooked, minced and seasoned flesh"
"animals. According to Aztec mythology, the god Xolotl made the Xoloitzcuintli from a sliver of the Bone of Life from which all mankind was made. Xolotl gave this gift to Man with the instruction to guard it with his life and in exchange it would guide Man through the dangers of Mictlan, the world of Death, toward the Evening Star in the Heavens. Some people in Mexico continue to believe this breed has healing qualities. The Aztecs also raised the breed for their meat. Sixteenth-century Spanish accounts tell of large numbers of dogs being served at banquets. Aztec Merchant feasts"
"'axle grease' = ""axis"" 'axle' + ""ungere"" 'to grease'. Axungia Axungia is a kind of soft animal fat, usually from around the kidneys of geese or pigs, used in pre-modern western medicine. It differs from lard, which is firm, and suet or adeps, which is dry. The Ancient Romans distinguished fat into ""pinguedo"" or ""axungia"", and ""adeps"" or servum; but writers often interchange the terms. In pre-modern medicine, physicians made use of the axungia of the goose, the dog, the viper, and some others, especially that of humans, considered of ""extraordinary service in the drawing and ripening of tumors, etc."""
"the mud from which the earth is created, after other animals have failed in the task. Muskrats have sometimes been a food resource for North Americans. In the southeastern portion of Michigan, a longstanding dispensation allows Catholics to consume muskrat as their Friday penance, on Ash Wednesday, and on Lenten Fridays (when the eating of meat, except for fish, is prohibited); this tradition dates back to at least the early 19th century. Muskrat fur is warm, becoming prime at the beginning of December in northern North America. In the early 20th century, the trapping of the animal for its fur"
"and fur and of dormouse fat as a medicament is documented there since the 13th century. Edible dormouse The edible dormouse or fat dormouse (""Glis glis"") is a large dormouse and the only living species in the genus ""Glis"", found in most of western Europe. Its name comes from the Romans, who ate them as a delicacy. The edible dormouse is the largest of all dormice, being around in head-body length, plus an 11- to 13-cm-long tail. It normally weighs from , but may almost double in weight immediately prior to hibernation. It has a generally squirrel-like body, with small"
"England and eastern Canada"". Tomalley Tomalley (from the Carib word ', meaning a sauce of lobster liver), crab fat, or lobster paste is the soft, green substance found in the body cavity of lobsters, that fulfills the functions of both the liver and the pancreas. Tomalley corresponds to the hepatopancreas in other arthropods. It is considered a delicacy, and may be eaten alone but is often added to sauces for flavour and as a thickening agent. The term lobster paste or lobster pâté can also be used to indicate a mixture of tomalley and lobster roe. Lobster bisque, lobster stock,"
"which are from volatile amines and fatty acids. Developmental or genetic differences in olfactory perception and mapping within the brain (for e.g. anterior piriform cortex to the orbitofrontal cortex) could possibly explain why some individuals are unable to differentiate these smells and find this fruit noxious whereas others find it extremely pleasant and appealing. This strong odour can be detected half a mile away by animals, thus luring them. In addition, the fruit is extremely appetising to a variety of animals, including squirrels, mouse deer, pigs, sun bear, orangutan, elephants, and even carnivorous tigers. While some of these animals eat"
"Magiritsa Magiritsa () is a Greek soup made from lamb offal, associated with the Easter (Pascha) tradition of the Greek Orthodox Church. Accordingly, Greek-Americans and Greek-Canadians sometimes call it ""Easter soup"", ""Easter Sunday soup"", or ""Easter lamb soup"". In some parts of Greece, most notably Thessaly, it is not served as soup but rather as a fricassee, where it contains only offal and large variety of vegetables, but no onions or rice, as in the soup. Magiritsa is eaten to break the fast of the Greek Orthodox Great Lent, the 40 days before Easter. Its role and ingredients result from"
"in cracks and fissures during the day. ""Panulirus echinatus"" is a nocturnal generalist feeder and opportunistic browser. Examination of the stomach contents of animals caught on the Saint Peter and Saint Paul Archipelago show that the largest dietary item is fish, although it is not clear whether this is caught by the animal as prey or is the result of scavenging activity. Crustaceans formed part of the diet as did the green alga ""Caulerpa racemosa"" which is common in the study area. Another item consumed was calcareous algae scraped off the rock surface and this is likely to be an"
"Pygarg The pygarg () is an animal mentioned in the Bible in as one of the animals permitted for food. The Septuagint translates the Hebrew ' () as ' in Koiné Greek (""white-rumped"", from ' ""buttocks"" and ' ""white""), and the King James Version takes from there its term ""pygarg"". Henry Baker Tristram (1867) proposed that the pygarg was the Saharan antelope addax and described it as ""a large animal, over high at the shoulder, and, with its gently-twisted horns, feet long. Its colour is pure white, with the exception of a short black mane, and a tinge of tawny"
"Hasma Hasma (Harsmar, Hashima) is a Chinese and widely Central Asian dessert ingredient made from the dried fatty tissue found near the fallopian tubes of true frogs, typically the Asiatic Grass Frog (""Rana chensinensis""). Because of its whitish appearance, Hasma is often mistakenly described as ""snow frog fat"". The Western pharmaceutical term is ""Oviductus Ranae"". Hasma is produced primarily in the Heilongjiang, Jilin, and Liaoning provinces in China. Previously available only to Emperors and Empresses, soups made with hasma are available in North American cities with large Chinese populations and in China, Taiwan, Singapore and Hong Kong. Hasma is sold"
"Feng (mythology) In Chinese mythology and folklore, Fēng (封, lit. ""mound; hump"") was an edible monster that resembles a two-eyed lump of meat and magically grows back as fast as it is eaten. Early Chinese texts also referred to this legendary food with the names Shìròu (視肉, ""look like meat""), Ròuzhī (肉芝, ""meat excrescence""), and Tàisuì (太歲, ""great year; Jupiter""). Ròulíngzhī (肉靈芝, ""meat Lingzhi mushroom"") is a modern name popularized by Chinese news media reporting on purported discoveries of Feng throughout China, including a widely publicized Xi'an television reporter who misidentified a sex toy as a ""roulingzhi"" monster. ""Fēng"" (封,"
"Zoophyte A zoophyte is an animal that visually resembles a plant. An example is a sea anemone. The name is obsolete in modern science. Zoophytes are common in medieval and renaissance era herbals, notable examples including the Tartar Lamb, a plant which grew sheep as fruit. Zoophytes appeared in many influential early medical texts, such as Dioscorides's ""De Materia Medica"" and subsequent adaptations and commentaries on that work, notably Mattioli's ""Discorsi"". Zoophytes are frequently seen as medieval attempts to explain the origins of exotic, unknown plants with strange properties (such as cotton, in the case of the Tartar Lamb). Reports"
"welfare, including deathlessness. It bears similarity to the Biblical and Islamic Tree of Life. Gaokerena In Persian and Zoroastrianian legends, the mighty Gaokerena was a mythic Haoma plant that had healing properties when eaten and gave immortality to the resurrected bodies of the dead. The juice from its fruit gave the elixir of immortality. The name ""Gaokerena"" means ""ox horn"" or ""cow ear"". Evil naturally tried to destroy this life-giving tree and formed a lizard or frog to attack it, but it was protected by the ten Kara fish and a donkey with nine mouths and six eyes. At the"
"the source of every inspiration. In one of his roles the ancient Egyptian God Osiris is regarded as a corn-deity and is commonly depicted with a green face representing vegetation, rebirth and resurrection. Containers of soil in the shape of Osiris planted with seed (""Osiris Beds"") are found in some New Kingdom tombs. The sprouting corn implied the resurrection of the deceased. Other gods depicted green are (in Tibet) Amogha-siddhi and (in Mexico) Tlaloc. In Sanskrit the Green Man is cognate with the gana Kirtimukha or ""Face Of Glory"" which is related to a lila of Shiva and Rahu. The"
"on the shoulders and back"". Outside the biblical use, the term was also applied to the Siberian roe deer in the 18th century, whose specific name is """" in scientific Latin. Pygarg The pygarg () is an animal mentioned in the Bible in as one of the animals permitted for food. The Septuagint translates the Hebrew ' () as ' in Koiné Greek (""white-rumped"", from ' ""buttocks"" and ' ""white""), and the King James Version takes from there its term ""pygarg"". Henry Baker Tristram (1867) proposed that the pygarg was the Saharan antelope addax and described it as ""a large"